The Birmingham Bloomfield Community Coalition’s Youth Action Board, Concerts in the Park and Axis Music Academy and Foundation are all sponsoring the 11th season of Battle of the Bands in Shain Park in downtown Birmingham.

The event is from 7 to 10:30 p.m. on June 13.

Five high school bands will compete for the grand prize. The bands are: The Friskies, The Imps, Parapetio, Tennyson and Shock Wave.

There will special performances Ali McManus and Griffin Seigel, with DJ magic.

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A panel of music industry professionals will choose the winners based on originality, musical ability, and performance. The winning band will receive composition and recording sessions with Axis Music Academy at their Southfield Academy studios, along with multiple opportunities to perform at press and live music events powered by the Academy.

Judging the bands this year are; John Antone, Gerard, Smerek and Charlie Grover and Chad Oyer.

The winning band will get to play a set with Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at a special event on June 16.

The Battle of the Bands is the kick-off to Birmingham’s Summer Concert in the Park series, is a free event and is one the most popular events that the YAB sponsors.

Tickets for an Evening With Chad Smith are $17 for 17 years and under and $27 for 18 years and older.

Seating is reserved. Tickets may be purchased at the Berman Center box office from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., online at http://theberman.org/box-office, or at the Berman Center up to two hours prior to the event.

Proceeds from the event with Chad will support the substance abuse prevention efforts of the BBCC and YAB and the creation of the Joan and Curt Smith Scholarship at Axis Music Foundation, anti-drug and pro-music programs at the BBCC and the Birmingham Historical Museum.